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August 09, 2005

Pennsylvania lawmakers are starting to see the error of their ways

Pennsylvania lawmakers recently tried to do an end-around the Pennsylvania Constitution by giving themselves a pay raise that they called an "unvouchered expense." This strategy attempts to circumvent the PA constitution's prohibition on lawmakers voting for a pay raise and having it go into effect during the same term. According to Article II, Section 8 of the PA Consitution, "No member of either House
shall during the term for which he may have been elected, receive
any increase of salary, or mileage, under any law passed during
such term."